I have a hard time seeing behind me too. That's why I drive on the left side of the road, so I can see all the cars in front of me. For some reason the police don't like that either._________________The absurd man thus catches sight of a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible but everything is given, and beyond which all is collapse and nothingness. He can then decide to accept such a universe and draw from it his strength, his refusal to hope, and the unyielding evidence of a life without consolation.

Perhaps this little article from Cracked would be of interest, and may be applicable to this conversation.

I was going to say a joke about being a Cracked w****, but it sounded very bad ..._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:38 am

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Mara Jade SkywalkerAdministrator

Joined: 15 Feb 2008Posts: 5681Location: Beyond Shadows

So I met this girl today. She noticed my Stormtrooper keychain and commented, "A Stormtrooper! That's awesome, I love it." Eyebrow raised, she rose a few notches on my initial impression scale.

Then she added, "I have Jar-Jar." Her rank on the initial impression scale plummeted drastically. I was almost sad. _________________
"It's not about the legacy you leave, it's about the life you live." ~Mara Jade Skywalker

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:33 pm

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

Joined: 04 Feb 2008Posts: 6563Location: Missouri

My gripe of the day: people who don't like Jar Jar._________________
"I believe toys resonate with us as humans, we can hold them them, it's tactile, real! They are totems for our extended beliefs and imaginations. A fetish for ideas that hold as much interest and passion as old religious relics for some. We display them in our homes. They show who we are. They are signals for similar thinking people. A way we connect with each other...and I guess thats why I do toys. That connection." -Ashley Wood

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:59 pm

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Mara Jade SkywalkerAdministrator

Joined: 15 Feb 2008Posts: 5681Location: Beyond Shadows

Wow, Skuldren, harsh. I didn't think he was your favorite character or anything..._________________
"It's not about the legacy you leave, it's about the life you live." ~Mara Jade Skywalker

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:12 pm

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

Joined: 04 Feb 2008Posts: 6563Location: Missouri

I have a special place for him in my heart _________________
"I believe toys resonate with us as humans, we can hold them them, it's tactile, real! They are totems for our extended beliefs and imaginations. A fetish for ideas that hold as much interest and passion as old religious relics for some. We display them in our homes. They show who we are. They are signals for similar thinking people. A way we connect with each other...and I guess thats why I do toys. That connection." -Ashley Wood

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:24 pm

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HogyMaster

Joined: 14 Dec 2011Posts: 918Location: Nar Shaddaa

Quit it you two!

@Mara: So she has a Jar-Jar. Better than Delta or Picard I say.

@Skulz: You didn't ask for her number

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:52 pm

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Salaris VornModerator

Joined: 02 Feb 2008Posts: 2258Location: New York, USA

Cerrinea wrote:

It must be a regional thing because I've never heard it called "pulling over on someone". "Cutting off" is how I've always heard it referred to. And in a lot of places it leads to a lot more than yelling.

Same here, we call it "cutting off" too. We don't use the phrase "pulling over on someone" at all and that would likely be interpreted as a less blunt way of saying "I got in a car accident"._________________

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:05 am

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Mara Jade SkywalkerAdministrator

Joined: 15 Feb 2008Posts: 5681Location: Beyond Shadows

I've asked a few people here, and they all say yes, they know the phrase and they understand what it means. I'm sure there are things y'all say that we've never heard, either._________________
"It's not about the legacy you leave, it's about the life you live." ~Mara Jade Skywalker

Well, I nary yetner nabble on of it, but it's mortal fan! And they's no balsam in it. As certain sure they has perplexed it out.

That is to say, while I haven't participated in this discussion, I'm sure there was no harm meant in their questioning, but rather that they found the vagaries, as they have done so previously, of the English language to be quite interesting. And for my part, I was adding to the discussion by speaking in/showing off my local Sussex dialect. Because I can never be too pretentious._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 12:57 pm

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Caedus_16Master

Joined: 15 Apr 2008Posts: 4770Location: Korriban

Last night about 30 minutes before getting off work I started getting dizzy. Shortly thereafter it felt like there were some monkeys walking on stilts made of knives in my head. Then I got excessively nauseated. Then my lips started going numb and I got freaked out. I've been drunk but never driven that way. Last night I think I learned what it felt like, I'm shocked I didn't get pulled over.When I got home I collapsed to the floor right inside the door. It took both of my parents and my brother to get me to my room. After a night of sickness and a horrific temporary loss of ability to focus my eyesight I'm finally starting to feel better, but it feels like I'm still just a bit away from feeling like I'm going to die again. I'm fairly sure its a combination of dehydration and food poisoning that I got from a burrito the nice guy who comes and sells that at work gave me on the house.

It was terrifying, I have never been that out of control of myself or my surroundings in my life. I think that scared me more than anything else. I'm not a control freak with people in my life or anything, but with myself I'm always in control. I don't partake of any drugs (not even pill-form medicine if I can help it), I don't really drink anymore outside the occasional beer with friends, and I'm generally careful about pretty much everything I do. It was just freaky to completely lose control like that._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:27 pm

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JainaSoloMaster

Joined: 04 Sep 2012Posts: 577Location: In front of my laptop

Day number four of my sea vacation and the internet is still not hooked up over here. I literally had to reply to this post through my phone! _________________We fight, we earn, we never learn. And through it all, the hero falls...
~Heroes, Mika~

Mum's descending ever deeper into the world of Doomsday Preppers ..._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:56 am

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

Joined: 04 Feb 2008Posts: 6563Location: Missouri

I liked the guy who named his rabbits after food: pepper, cajun, breakfast, etc._________________
"I believe toys resonate with us as humans, we can hold them them, it's tactile, real! They are totems for our extended beliefs and imaginations. A fetish for ideas that hold as much interest and passion as old religious relics for some. We display them in our homes. They show who we are. They are signals for similar thinking people. A way we connect with each other...and I guess thats why I do toys. That connection." -Ashley Wood

Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:47 am

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Taral-DLOSMaster

Joined: 23 Nov 2010Posts: 1727Location: Ontario, Canada

It's COLD out!

The afternoon high where I am today is -7C, but with the windchill will feel like -12.

(for the non-metrics among us, -12C is about 10F.)

It is too early to be this cold. My winter coat isn't out yet. I had to wear a thick fleece hoodie underneath my fall coat. And that didn't help my legs; the wind cut through my khakis like they weren't there at all, like I was being stabbed with tiny ice-knives. Not fun. And my commute to work involves a 20-minute walk._________________"I'm...from Earth."